OTTAWA * If youve recently dreamed about sex with a stranger, flying or the dead coming back to life, chances are youre probably a liberal rather than a conservative.

A dream researcher from John F. Kennedy University near San Francisco has discovered fundamental differences between the dream worlds of people who identify themselves as ideologically left- or right-wing.

Among his findings, Kelly Bulkeley discovered liberals are more restless sleepers and have a higher number of bizarre, surreal dreams, including fantasy settings and a wide variety of sexual encounters.

Conservatives dreams were, on average, far more mundane and focused on realistic people, situations and settings: Conservatives seem to have more of a focus on the here and now and the material world, whereas liberals, in contrast, seem to have a wider sphere of imaginative activity. They dont just dream about what is, but about they wish could be.

Mr. Bulkeleys research will appear in an upcoming issue of Dreams, a journal published by he American Psychological Association.

Of the 134 liberals who took part in the study, 91% said they recently dreamed about sex; only 76% of 100 conservative subjects admitted the same.

But Mr. Bulkeley said the two political stripes showed very different tastes I dream partners.

Liberals were far more likely to have sexual dreams about strangers and a variety of partners and liberal women showed a greater tendency toward same-sex fantasies than their conservative counterparts (24% versus. 4%).

Especially for liberal women, there was a far greater variety in sexual partners and incidents of homosexuality, Mr. Bulkeley said. Liberals tended to show a greater willingness tp experiment with different things.

Conservatives were far more likely to report having sexual dreams about their spouse or current partner.

While left-wingers might be more adventurous in the subconscious bedroom, theyre also more likely to wake up in a cold sweat.

Among them was a nightmare: I was at a presidential rally where George W. Bush was speaking. There was so much red, white and blue.

Bush speaks: There are those who say that we are giving up our civil liberties. But I say, we should be proud to sacrifice our freedoms for America! The crowd went wild, cheering and waving flags. I woke up in a cold sweat.

Not surprisingly, conservatives had much more benign dreams about the U.S. leader: I was friends with George W. Bush, and we were working together on his ranch. I was happy to be there is typical.

While some of my colleagues think my research reinforces the stereotype of repressed uptight conservatives, it also shows that many liberals may be hanging on the edge of mental well-being, Mr. Bulkeley said, There may be a lot of hidden distress and unpleasantness in the liberal mind.

Conservatives dreams were, on average, far more mundane and focused on realistic people, situations and settings ..Conservatives were far more likely to report having sexual dreams about their spouse or current partner.

Wow! This is dead on. For the past two weeks I've had the same dream every night. I'm balancing my checkbook, then all of a sudden I'm in an "encounter" with Mrs. SCR. In the missionary position, of course.

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posted on 09/27/2006 8:26:03 AM PDT
by Southside_Chicago_Republican
(Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman)

The study includes some dreams recounted by liberals. Among them was a nightmare: I was at a presidential rally where George W. Bush was speaking. There was so much red, white and blue. Bush speaks: 'There are those who say that we are giving up our civil liberties. But I say, we should be proud to sacrifice our freedoms for America!' The crowd went wild, cheering and waving flags. I woke up in a cold sweat.

Hah, nothing serious. In antiquity it was treated by large doses of hellebore [to cause massive purgation from both the upper and lower ends], and at present a large enema every 20 or 30 minutes [for a couple days at least, generally till the cure is accomplished] is indicated. Works like a charm, and is to be repeated as needed.

A couple of points: 1) Conservative women are more beautiful, due to a restful and intelligent mind and more attention to grooming. Higher self-esteem means they look prettier. A stable, calm mind means they don't project their inner turmoil on to their features.

2) I dream prosaic, mundane dreams about people I know - co-workers, family, etc., and about my old house I used to live in. I haven't had a sexual, or even a wet dream in many, many years.

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posted on 09/27/2006 8:36:30 AM PDT
by NorthernRight
(Liberalism is a mental disorder - Socialism is a mental illness!)

Among his findings, Kelly Bulkeley discovered liberals are more restless sleepers and have a higher number of bizarre, surreal dreams, including fantasy settings and a wide variety of sexual encounters.where making concessions to Islamofascists bring world peace.

I fell asleep watching 'His Kind of Girl' with Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell (Man she was unbelievably beautiful).

Anyway, in my dream, I'm at a round kitchen table in some small place in NYC (Manhattan, and my laptop is playing the movie on the counter.

Sitting across from me was, none other than Robert Mitchum.

Once I noticed him I apologized and said, "Wow, so rude of me to not have noticed you sitting there, is it strange to watch you in your own movie like this?"

"Maybe a little," He replied, "but it sort of comes with the job." "This happened to be a pretty good picture, and I liked working with Howard Hughes."

I then went back to watching the movie, and then he just finished his milk, stood up, put the glass down on the table with a bit of finality, thanked me for inviting him in to watch the movie with me, and left.

He was wearing a short-sleeved, light cream colored buttoned shirt, light blue denim jeans, and one of those weird braided belts, plus Tommy Bahama boat shoes (leather). He was thinner than the man he was in the movie, and was about 31-ish looking.

It was so vivid that I did not perceive falling off to sleep, and reacted as if he'd come into the room unnoticed to watch the show with me.

Vincent Price was outstanding in that movie, and Raymond Burr played the villain.

My last bizarre dream was about writing a sequel to "Lord of the Rings", in which Aragorn extends the bounds of his domain into what was once Mordor, and rebuilds a palace there, only discover that Sauron left an unfinished ring in its heart, which corrupts the souls of his courtiers.

LibeRATs dreaming? More like haaaluucinating about Woodstock and fat interns and having power over the world, aaaand then they wake up and there is no Algore in the White House but munching on White Castle buuuugers. ffffFReeeepeeee!!!

Also, there's nothing more hideously boring than someone who goes into great detail about their dreams. It's one of my pet peeves. "So there I was, naked in a room filled with Dr Phil clones, then Oprah came in took my hand and flew away with me onlyIwasn'tflyingIwaseatingapeanutbuttersandwichanditwascrunchyZZZZzzzzzzzz......."

I really can't say I even remember more than one dream a year (at best)and it usually isn't anything noteworthy. I don't remember having a nightmare in decades. Granted, it is a rarity for me to get more than a few hours of sound sleep at a time. Guess I must just be one of those unfeeeling, out-of-touch-with-my-inner-self, unimaginative conservatives that are making the world so miserable for all the dreamer types. How can I sleep at night knowing that??

"Odd... I subscribe to the Nat Post, and have an on-line registration, but I just can't get past the log-in screen."

Stupid NP website !!! This happens to me at least once per month. I used to go through the BS of obtaining a new pass word each time but, a few months ago, I discovered, if you go to your "account" page & simply hit the confirm button as if you'd changed something, this apparently resets your existing pass word. I suspect the problem results from some brain dead notion of 'security' on The Post's part ???

BTW FRiend, if you'd like to be added to our mostly Kanuckistani ping list, just FReep mail Fanfan or me.

Probably one of the weirdest dreams I ever had involved being a back up dancer for Madonna on her Blond Ambition tour. My co-dancers were a few acquaintences I had at the time who were all PhD candidates at MIT (in Earth-SPace sciences fields). I was the only girl among a gaggle of socially challenged scientists -- all of us in the gold conical bra/girdle ensembles, vogueing, etc.

I also dream about zombies (dawn of the dead kind) and robots. I've been an "out" conservative since 1996, but have really been one all my life... and don't even get me started on the sex...

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